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Factors that Influence Acceptance of Web-Based E-Learning Systems for the In-Service Education of Junior High School Teachers in Taiwan
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Chen, Hong-Ren; Tseng, Hsiao-Fen – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2012
Web-based e-learning is not restricted by time or place and can provide teachers with a learning environment that is flexible and convenient, enabling them to efficiently learn, quickly develop their professional expertise, and advance professionally. Many research reports on web-based e-learning have neglected the role of the teacher's…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Web Based Instruction, Secondary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education
Measurement Error Issues in Substance Abuse Services Research: Lessons from Structural Equation Modeling and Psychometric Theory.
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Lennox, Richard D.; Dennis, Michael L. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1994
Potential methods are explored for removing or otherwise controlling random measurement error, assessment artifacts, irrelevant variation in outcome measures, and confounding sources of covariation in a structural equations model. Using examples with measures of quality of life and functioning, the authors consider these methods for field…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Field Studies, Measurement Techniques, Models
The Mediating Effect of Participation Efficacy on Evaluation Use.
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Turnbull, B. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1999
Used an intervening mechanism design (H. Chen, 1990) in conjunction with structural equation modeling to test the plausibility of a model of participatory evaluation in a study involving 315 teachers participating in the British Columbia (Canada) school-accreditation program. Results support the model as an explanation of how participatory…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Evaluation Utilization, Foreign Countries, Structural Equation Models
Extending Latent Variable LISREL Analyses of the 1969 Westinghouse Head Start Evaluation to Blacks and Full Year Whites.
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Wu, Ping; Campbell, Donald T. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1996
Structural equation models reanalyzed data from the 1969 Westinghouse Head Start evaluation and extended the analysis to blacks and full-year programs. Results showed that the selection bias for summer program whites was absent for blacks and full-year program whites, and that Head Start helped the most disadvantaged children. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Students, Data Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education